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Our history

From humble beginnings in the 1980s, Hawkins has evolved and grown into the leading company for forensic root cause analysis, expert witness services and engineering consultancy to global insurance, legal and commercial sectors.

We are incredibly proud of both our heritage and our dedication to the same core principles, on which we were founded over 40 years ago.  This sets our standard as we continue to expand our range of services and expertise to our clients.

1980

R B Hawkins & Associates Limited founded in Cambridge

1986

Manchester Office Opens

1988

Bristol Office Opens

2000

Hawkins becomes employee owned and the London office opens

2003

Birmingham Office Opens

2005

Leeds Office Opens

2006

Reigate Office Opens

2008

Glasgow Office Opens

2014

Dubai office opens

2016

Hawkins acquires HFS Asia and the Hong Kong and Singapore offices open

Latest News

We would like to congratulate James Wade, who has reached a significant milestone of 10 years with Hawkins. James joined Hawkins as the tenth investigator in our Reigate office in January 2014, where his first case was to investigate a defective engine valve, which was quickly followed by a bus fire.

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